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So is this Vlasic's excuse for reportedly* hiring so much illegal labor and helping the illegals hide from police, while competitor Mt. Olive made sure their immigrant labor was legal, and helped police when they came to the camps? How about an exposé on how Mt. Olive can't compete with Vlasic because of this, and how it all goes back to eeeeevil Wal-Mart?

Wow. Thanks for pointing this out (I couldn't stomach reading the entire article).

My local grocery stopped stocking all Mt. Olive products a couple of years ago--after some sort of union dispute, IIRC. It really angered me because Mt. Olive makes the *best* hot cherry peppers and even though their pickles aren't crunchy, their flavor is excellent.

So now I know it was Vlasic who whored themselves out for market share (taking Mt. Olive product off of my grocer's shelves) and Wal-Mart gets blamed for it!

Not long after that, in January 2001, Vlasic filed for bankruptcy--although the gallon jar of pickles, everyone agrees, wasn't a critical factor.

A small point that negates the whole premise of the article.